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A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B in 15 days. They worked together on it for 6 days and then A left. How long will B take to finish the remaining work?

Direct & Inverse Variations

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A's 1 day work = 120\dfrac{1}{20}

B's 1 day work = 115\dfrac{1}{15}

(A + B)'s 1 day work = 120+115\dfrac{1}{20} + \dfrac{1}{15}

= 3+460\dfrac{3 + 4}{60}

= 760\dfrac{7}{60}

(A + B)'s 6 day work = 760×6\dfrac{7}{60} \times 6

= 710\dfrac{7}{10}

Remaining work = 17101 - \dfrac{7}{10}

= 1010710\dfrac{10}{10} - \dfrac{7}{10}

= 310\dfrac{3}{10}

No. of days taken by B to finish the remaining work = Remaining workB’s 1 day work=310115\dfrac{\text{Remaining work}}{\text{B's 1 day work}} = \dfrac{\dfrac{3}{10}}{\dfrac{1}{15}}

= 3×1510×1\dfrac{3 \times 15}{10 \times 1}

= 4510\dfrac{45}{10}

= 92\dfrac{9}{2}

= 4124\dfrac{1}{2}

Hence, B will take 4124\dfrac{1}{2} days to finish the remaining work.

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